19GREEN SOURCE: A POWER OF NATURE TO CURE CANCERCancer is a most important public health problem in equally developed and developing countries. Plant
derived agents are being used for the healing of cancer. In this review we focused about some Medicinal plants have
therapeutic potential due to the occurrence of natural antioxidants carrying out as reducing agents, free radical
scavengers and quenchers of singlet oxygen. Superior part of their antioxidant action is due to bioactive compounds
present in plant as secondary metabolites.rrsht.nema@gmail.comReview222012Cancer,Anti-cancerous Indian medicinal plants,Natural antioxidantsRajeev Nema,Sarita Khare,Dharmendra Singh,Parul Jain,Alka Pradhan,Abhishek GuptaCenter for Microbiology & Biotechnology Research and Training Institute, Bhopal, India,Center for Microbiology & Biotechnology Research and Training Institute, Bhopal, India,Center for Microbiology & Biotechnology Research and Training Institute, Bhopal, India,Center for Microbiology & Biotechnology Research and Training Institute, Bhopal, India,Center for Microbiology & Biotechnology Research and Training Institute, Bhopal, India,Center for Microbiology & Biotechnology Research and Training Institute, Bhopal, India